Coaching in Health Care and Leadership
- Continuing Education
Explore how evidence-based coaching can shape a more compassionate, innovative, and resilient future at this two-day conference featuring world-class scientists, thought leaders, and coaching experts. Engage with cutting-edge insights at the intersection of leadership and well-being, designed for coaches and professionals committed to advancing human potential.
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Overview
Welcome to our annual conference, presented in partnership with the Institute of Coaching, McLean Hospital, and Harvard Medical School. We’re delighted to gather in person on May 1–2, 2026.
Our world-class speakers—renowned scientists, thought leaders, and coaching scholars—will explore how coaching conversations can shape a more compassionate, innovative, and resilient future. Together, we’ll examine emerging opportunities for coaching across leadership and well-being, recognizing the growing interdependence of these domains in every area of human achievement.
Our audience includes executive and leadership coaches, leaders who integrate coaching into their work, physicians, clinicians, and health and wellness professionals dedicated to advancing professional, emotional, and physical well-being.
This conference is led by the Institute of Coaching (IOC) at www.instituteofcoaching.org, an organization committed to grounding coaching in rigorous science. Through its research, thought leadership, resources, and vibrant community, the IOC supports both new and seasoned coaches, as well as professionals who incorporate coaching into their leadership roles and clinical or organizational practices.
Thank you for joining us. We look forward to an inspiring and energizing experience together.
Learning Objectives
- Summarize a variety of models, theories, and domains of psychology and leadership and apply these in coaching practice.
- Translate the newest research into concepts and interventions that can be used in coaching.
- Apply basic coaching skills in medical, therapeutic, or leadership practices to enhance outcomes.
- Practice advanced coaching skills applicable to leadership and health care.
Developed and Offered By:
Continuing Education courses are developed by faculty from Harvard Medical School's teaching hospitals and accredited by Harvard Medical School. This course is offered by McLean Hospital.
Who Should Participate
Coaches, Specialty Physicians, Psychologists, Nurse Practitioners, Primary Care Physicians, Nurses, and Physician Assistants
Schedule
All agenda sessions are in Eastern Time.
Friday, May 1, 2026
Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:00-8:00 am
Welcome and Open Remarks
8:00-8:30 am
Unlocking Human Potential in the AI Era
8:30-9:30 am
The Science of Human-Centered Leadership
9:30-10:30 am
Networking Break
10:30-11:00 am
3 Coaches, 1 Client
11:00 am-12:30 pm
Lunch (on your own)
12:30-1:00 pm
Lunch (on your own)
12:30-2:00 pm
Lunch (on your own)
12:30-2:00 pm
Lunch (on your own)
12:30-2:00 pm
Seeing and Overcoming Your Immunity to Change
1:00-4:00 pm
AI/Technology in Coaching: Deepening Our Humanity in the Midst of Disruption
2:00-4:00 pm
Working in the Moment
2:00-4:00 pm
What Does Love Have to Do with Trauma-Informed Leaders and Organizations? Everything!
2:00-4:00 pm
Networking Session
4:00-4:30 pm
The New Rules of Change
4:30-5:30 pm
Networking Reception and Poster Session
5:30-6:30 pm
Saturday, May 2, 2026
Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:00-8:00 am
Welcome and Award Ceremony
8:00-8:30 am
Reimagining Work: Thriving in the Agentic Era
8:30-9:30 am
Well-being Centered Leadership: Shaping Cultures, Empowering Teams
9:30-10:30 am
Networking Break
10:30-11:00 am
Leadership as Meaning-Making
11:00 am-12:00 pm
Lunch (on your own)
12:00-1:30 pm
Wellbeing in Coaching
1:30-3:30 pm
Interfluence: A Communication Scientist’s Guide to Coaching Efficacy (The Real Work of Words in Practice)
1:30-3:30 pm
Unlocking the Secret Power of Groups
1:30-3:30 pm
The Resilience Rx: Navigating Stress, Burnout and Mental Health in the New Normal
1:30-3:30 pm
Networking break
3:30-4:00 pm
Inner Game of Ballet
4:00-5:00 pm
Closing Remarks
5:00-5:15 pm
Faculty
Harvard Medical School Continuing Education attracts the best and brightest faculty from all around the world. As a student in this course, you’ll have access to outstanding course directors and faculty.
Course Directors
Christopher Palmer
MD | Course Director
- Founder and Director, Metabolic and Mental Health Program, McLean Hospital
- Director, Department of Postgraduate and Continuing Education, McLean Hospital
- Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Carol Kauffman
PhD | Course Director
- Founder, Institute of Coaching; Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
- Visiting Professor, Henley Business School
- Senior Leadership Advisor, Egon Zehnder
Joan Boada
Associate Director, Boston Ballet II
Michael Bungay Stanier, MPhil
Author, The Coaching Habit
Host, Change Signal Podcast
Susan David, PhD
Co-Founder, Institute of Coaching
Professor, Harvard Medical School
David Drake, PhD
Founder & CEO, The Moment Institute
Colin Fisher, PhD
Associate Professor of Organizations and Innovation & PhD Programme Director, UCL School of Management
Will Guillaume Foussier
Founder & CEO, AceUp
Tracey Franklin
Chief People and Digital Technology Officer, Moderna
Brian Glaser, PhD
Vice President & Chief Learning Officer, Google
Jeffrey Hull, PhD
Executive Director, Institute of Coaching
Clinical Instructor in Psychology, Harvard Medical School
Lisa Lahey, EdD
Lecturer in Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Founder and Chief Knowledge Officer, Minds at Work
Pamela Larde, PhD
Director of Education, Institute of Coaching
Associate Professor of Leadership, Anderson University
Tim Lomas, PhD
Psychology Research Scientist, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and The Human Flourishing Program, IQSS
Brian Lowery, PhD
Walter Kenneth Kilpatrick Professor of Organizational Behavior, Stanford University
Haesun Moon, PhD
Communication Scientist
Instructor, OISE/University of Toronto
Director of Education, Pracademia
Margaret Moore, MBA
Co-Founder and Past Chair, Institute of Coaching; Founder and CEO, Wellcoaches Corporation
Alisha Moreland-Capuia, MD
Founder and Director at Institute for Trauma Informed Systems Change, McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Assistant Professor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School
Affiliate Faculty at Center for Law, Brain and Behavior, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School Clinical Associate Professor in Psychiatry at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU)
Aditi Nerurkar, MD, MPH
Physician, Harvard Medical School
Author of The 5 Resets
Kerri Palamara, MD
Co-director, MGB ELEVATE Leadership Program, Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School
David H. Rosmarin, PhD, ABPP
Interim Director of Research, Institute of Coaching
Associate Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Founder, Center for Anxiety (New York & Boston)
Rebecca Rutschmann
Co-Founder, Viva la Coaching
Aithan Shapira, PhD, MFA
Founder, TILT
Senior Lecturer, Work and Organization Studies, MIT Sloan School of Management
Nicky Terblanche, PhD
Founder, Coach Vici
Associate Professor of Leadership Coaching and Research Methodology, Stellenbosch Business School, South Africa
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You may register through our secure online environment and will receive an email confirmation upon receipt of your payment. Prices include CME credit, electronic syllabus. At the end of the registration process, a $10 non-refundable processing fee will be added to your registration.
Accreditation
The Harvard Medical School designates this for a maximum of 14.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Harvard Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 14.75 ANCC contact hours.
The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) states that AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ are acceptable for continuing medical education requirements for recertification. We would also suggest that learners check with their state licensing board to ensure they accept reciprocity with AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for re-licensure.
The American Medical Association (AMA) has an agreement of mutual recognition of continuing medical education (CME) credit with the European Union of Medical Specialties (UEMS). Additional information regarding this agreement may be found on the European Union of Medical Specialties website.
The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada recognizes conferences and workshops held outside of Canada that are developed by a university, academy, hospital, specialty society or college as accredited group learning activities.